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Delhi

222 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 1 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
20152020

73.2 Years (2014) to 74.2 Years (2023) — +1.4%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 74.2 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2008201320152020

32 (2004) to 14 (2023) — -56.3%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 14 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 15 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

How many children are people having?

Long view
2008201320152020

2.1 (2004) to 1.2 (2023) — -42.9%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 1.2 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2008201320152020

18.4 (2004) to 12.9 (2023) — -29.9%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 12.9 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 6 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1

Is the population still growing?

Long view
201320152020

13.2% (2011) to 8.4% (2023) — -36.4%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 8.4% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 16 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 19.7 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3.8

How many people are out of work in the villages?

Long view
20032008201320152020

47 Per 1,000 (2000) to 60 Per 1,000 (2024) — +27.7%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 60 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 29 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 106 · Gujarat 4

How many people are out of work in the towns?

Long view
199820032008201320152020

15 Per 1,000 (1994) to 20 Per 1,000 (2024) — +33.3%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 20 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 0 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
2013201520202025

₹1,85,001 (2012) to ₹4,93,024 (2025) — +166.5%

Rank

Higher than 24 of the other 24 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321

How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Long view
2020

62 (2018) to 70 (2023) — +12.9%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 70 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 14 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
2020

120% (2017) to 101% (2024) — -15.8%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 101% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 31 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%

How much forest is there?

Long view
1993199820032008201320152020

15 (1987) to 195 (2023)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
20202025

92.2% (2019) to 100% (2025) — +8.5%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 100% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 33 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%

Do children stay in school to Class XII?

Long view
2025

97.3% (2023) to 91.7% (2025) — -5.8%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 91.7% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 29 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%

Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?

Long view
2025

1.1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +3.8%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 23 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1

How connected is the state?

Long view
20082013201520202025

41.8 (2004) to 277 (2025) — +562.7%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 277 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
20082013201520202025

59.9% (2004) to 91.8% (2025) — +53.3%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 91.8% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 30 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%

Are farms getting more productive?

Long view
20082013201520202025

2,892 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 3,830 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +32.4%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 3,830 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 28 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Punjab 4,761 kg/ha · Maharashtra 1,574 kg/ha

How hard is the farmland worked?

Long view
2008201320152020

168% (2005) to 168% (2024) — +0.2%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 168% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 21 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%

How much milk does the state produce?

Long view
2008201320152020

303 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 488 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +61.1%

How many crimes are recorded here?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Delhi: 1,360 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 34 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Keralam 1,389 · Dadra & N.H. and Daman & Diu 42.7

How many crimes against women are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Delhi: 131 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 35 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Delhi 131 · Nagaland 5.1

How many crimes against children are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Long view

7,468 (2022) to 7,662 (2024) — +2.6%

Year-on-year change partly reflects the IPC→Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita transition (2024 is the first full BNS year) and registered-case reporting, not only real change.

How much electricity does each person get?

Long view
20082013201520202025

1,513 (2005) to 1,758 (2025) — +16.2%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 1,758 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 26 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
2008201320152020

29,458 (2005) to 17,786 (2020) — -39.6%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2008201320152020

80,923 (2005) to 67,932 (2024) — -16.1%

How many people visit?

Long view
201320152020

15.4 (2011) to 46.3 (2024) — +199.8%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2008201320152020

8 (2005) to 3 (2023) — -62.5%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
2020

4.4% (2016) to 3.4% (2021) — -22.7%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 3.4% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 7 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%

How fast are prices rising?

Long view
201520202025

5.6% (2015) to 2.4% (2025) — -57.1%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 2.4% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 0 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%

How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?

Long view
201520202025

8.8% (2015) to 0.20% (2025) — -97.7%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 0.20% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 0 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%

How many young children are anaemic?

Long view
2008201320152020

57% (2006) to 69.2% (2021) — +21.4%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 69.2% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 25 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%

How many pregnant women are anaemic?

Long view
2008201320152020

29.9% (2006) to 42.2% (2021) — +41.1%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 42.2% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 10 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%

How much electricity leaks away before it is billed?

Long view
2008201320152020

45.4% (2005) to 11.6% (2023) — -74.4%

Vs all-India

Delhi: 11.6% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 1 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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